Photo/Paintings

Over the years of taking hurling photos I have played around with some of the images in Photoshop and turned them into 'paintings' or Photopaintings for want of a better word. Here are a few of county hurlers. A lot of them are Kilkenny, because I have photographed them a lot in recent years and quite a few are of a certain Mr Shefflin. Let me know what you think!

Killkeny's Tommy Walsh gets clear of Cork's John Gardiner to score a points in the 2003 All Ireland final. Hew was later to make his mark as one of the greatest half-backs of all time but in those early days he showed he can play just as well up front.

2007 Hurler of the Year Dan Shanahan was a real goal machine in a season when they met Cork three times. They beat them in the Munster semi-final and drew with them in the All Ireland quarter-final (before a crowd of over 72,000) before going on to beat them in the replay by 2-17 to 0-20. Big Dan found the net twice that day and this shot sees him firing home from close range

One of the great characters of hurling, and one of it's greatest goalkeepers, Davy Fitzgerald of Clare comes clear with the ball as Frank Lohan blocks the path of the Kilkenny's ace forward DJ Carey during a National Hurling League final in Thurles in 2004.

Showing the scars of battle Henry Shefflin solos away from from Waterford's Eoin Kelly during the 2007 National Hurling League final in Thurles on a day when this fine Deise team won one of their few National titles.